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| Born | Isla Lang Fisher
(1976-02-03) 3 February 1976 (age 37)
Muscat, Oman |
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| Occupation | Actress |
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| Years active | 1983–present |
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| Spouse(s) | Sacha Baron Cohen (m. 2010) |
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| Children | 2 |
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Isla Lang Fisher (
//; born 3 February 1976)
[1] is an actress who began her acting career on
Australian television. She was born to
Scottish parents in
Oman and raised in
Australia. She appeared on the children's adventure series
Bay Cove, and the short-lived soap opera
Paradise Beach, before playing
Shannon Reed on the soap opera
Home and Away. She has since been known for her comedic roles in
Scooby-Doo (2002),
I Heart Huckabees (2004),
Wedding Crashers (2005),
[2] Hot Rod (2007),
Definitely, Maybe (2008),
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009),
Rango (2011),
Bachelorette (2012), and the fourth season of
Arrested Development (2013). In 2013, Fisher starred as Myrtle Wilson in
The Great Gatsby and as Henley Reeves in
Now You See Me.
Early life
Fisher was born in
Muscat,
Oman, the daughter of Elspeth Reid and Brian Fisher.
[3] Her parents are
Scottish and, at the time of her birth, resided in Oman because her father worked as a banker for the
United Nations.
[4] While she was still in her early years, they moved to
Bathgate,
Scotland, and when she was six years old, moved once again to
Perth,
Western Australia, where she was brought up.
[5] She has four brothers, and says that she had a "great" upbringing in Perth with a "very outdoorsy life".
[2] She attended
Methodist Ladies' College and also Walliston Primary School. She also appeared in lead roles in school productions, such as
Little Shop of Horrors.
Career
She began appearing in commercials on Australian television at the age of nine, before going on to win roles in popular children's television shows
Bay City and
Paradise Beach. At the age of 18, with the help of her mother, she published two teen novels,
Bewitched and
Seduced by Fame,
[6] and in a 2005 interview, Fisher admitted that had she not been successful as an actress she would probably have been a full-time writer.
[7] From 1994 to 1997 she played the role of Shannon Reed on the Australian soap opera
Home and Away. In 1996, she received a
Logie Award nomination for
Most Popular Actress for her role. After leaving the soap, Fisher enrolled at
L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, a theatre and arts training school in Paris, and went on to appear in
pantomime in the United Kingdom. She also toured with
Darren Day in the musical
Summer Holiday and appeared in the London theatre production
Così. In 2001, Fisher was cast as Kim in the German horror film
Swimming Pool. fuck the police.
In 2002 she had a part in the film version of
Scooby-Doo as Mary Jane,
Shaggy's love interest who is
allergic to dogs. She wore a blonde wig for portraying her role because
Sarah Michelle Gellar was supposed to be the only redhead in the film. The following year, she portrayed the character Kristy in the Australian comedy
The Wannabes. Subsequently, Fisher was taken on by an American agent.
[2] A larger role in
Wedding Crashers (2005), alongside
Vince Vaughn and
Owen Wilson, won her the Breakthrough Performance Award at the
MTV Movie Awards. While promoting
Wedding Crashers, she was officially crowned the 1000th guest on Australian talk show
Rove on 2 August 2005. She entered the set ahead of Owen Wilson, winning the title by two metres.
In 2006, Fisher starred as Becca, a
Manhattan party host, in the relationship drama
London, co-starring
Jessica Biel,
Chris Evans, and
Jason Statham. She played the role of Katie in the romantic comedy
Wedding Daze with
Jason Biggs. In 2007, she appeared in
The Lookout, a thriller film co-starring
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and
Matthew Goode, and
Hot Rod, opposite
Andy Samberg. She was scheduled to appear in
The Simpsons Movie, although her appearance was cut from the final version.
[8] In 2008, she starred in the critically acclaimed romantic comedy film
Definitely, Maybe, with
Ryan Reynolds,
Elizabeth Banks,
Rachel Weisz, and
Abigail Breslin,
[2] and had a voice role in
Horton Hears a Who![9] Fisher has also co-written a script entitled
Groupies with
Amy Poehler, as well as another project entitled
The Cookie Queen.
[2] She starred in the movie adaptation of the book
Confessions of a Shopaholic, which opened on 13 February 2009.
[10] In the film, Fisher played a college graduate who works as a financial journalist in New York City to support her shopping addiction.
Confessions of a Shopaholic suffered critically but eventually opened at No.4, grossing $15,054,000 on its opening weekend. Fisher received her third
Teen Choice Award nomination.
Fisher has spoken out against the lack of opportunities for comediennes in Hollywood.
[11] In 2010, she starred in the black comedy
Burke and Hare.
[12] Fisher then voiced the role of Beans in
Rango, a computer-animated Western film released in March 2011. In the movie,
Johnny Depp and her
Definitely, Maybe co-star
Abigail Breslin also provide voice-over roles.
In another voice-over role, Fisher voiced the character of Tooth (the
Tooth Fairy) in the animated film
Rise of the Guardians, which was released in 2012. In 2013, she starred in the
Baz Luhrmann adaptation of
The Great Gatsby with
Leonardo DiCaprio and the magician crime thriller
Now You See Me with
Jesse Eisenberg and
Woody Harrelson. She also plays a part in several episodes of the fourth season of
Arrested Development, released in 2013.
Personal life
Fisher first met English comedian
Sacha Baron Cohen in 2002 at a party in
Sydney, Australia.
[13] The couple became engaged in 2004, and wed on 15 March 2010, in Paris, France.
[14][15] The couple have two daughters: Olive (born October 17, 2007)
[16][17] and Elula Lottie Miriam (born August 2010).
[18]
Before marrying, Fisher
converted to Judaism, saying, "I will definitely have a Jewish wedding just to be with Sacha. I would do anything — move into any religion — to be united in marriage with him. We have a future together, and religion comes second to love as far as we are concerned."
[19] She completed her conversion in early 2007, after three years of study.
[20] She took the
Hebrew name Ayala (איילה), the Hebrew word for
doe, and has described herself as keeping
Shabbat.
[21][22][23]
Fisher has said that her "sensibility is Australian" and that she has a "laid-back attitude to life" that she feels is "very Australian."
[24] Her mother and siblings live in
Athens,
Greece, while her father divides his time between
Frankfurt,
Germany, and
Nicaragua.
[24]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Notes |
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| 1993 | Bay Cove | Vanessa Walker | TV series |
| 1993 | Paradise Beach | Robyn Devereaux Barsby | Episodes: "1.101", "1.139" |
| 1994-1997 | Home and Away | Shannon Reed | Regular role (345 episodes) |
| 1999 | Oliver Twist | Bet | TV miniseries |
| 2000 | Sunburn | Woman | Episode: "2.1" |
| 2000 | Hearts and Bones | Australian Barmaid | Episode: "I Need a Love Song" |
| 2001 | Attila | Cerca | TV miniseries |
| 2002 | BeastMaster | Demon Manaka | Episode: "The Trial" |
| 2002 | Random Acts of Intimacy | Woman in the Club | TV short |
| 2004 | Pilot Season | Butterfly | Episode: "1.6" |
| 2010 | Neighbors from Hell | (voice) | Episodes: "Country Club Hell", "Guns for Mutts", "Fantastic 15" |
| 2011 | Bored to Death | Rose | Episodes: "Forget the Herring", "Nothing I Can't Handle by Running Away" |
| 2013 | Arrested Development | Rebel Alley | Season 4 |
Nominations and awards
Awards
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| 1996 | Logie Awards | Most Popular Actress | Home and Away | Nominated |
| 2006 | MTV Movie Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance | Wedding Crashers | Won |
| 2006 | Teen Choice Awards | Movies - Choice Breakout (Female) | Wedding Crashers | Nominated |
| 2006 | Teen Choice Awards | Movies - Choice Hissy Fit | Wedding Crashers | Nominated |
| 2009 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actress: Comedy | Confessions of a Shopaholic | Nominated |
References
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- ^ Marcie Muir, Kerry White (1992). Australian Children's Books: 1989-2000. Melbourne University Publishing.
- ^ "Daddy's little girl! Isla Fisher joined by her father at premiere of new film Rango". Daily Mail (London). 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Isla Fisher maintains she is not a shopaholic , STV Video". Video.stv.tv. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ Pringle, Gill (28 September 2007). "Hot Bod is keeping mum". The Independent.
- ^ Harry, Ethan (17 July 2005). "Interrogation Isla Fisher". Sunday Mirror.
- ^ Wolf, Jeanne (29 March 2007). "What Creeps Out Borat's Future Wife?". Retrieved 6 April 2007.
- ^ Finn, Natalie (16 March 2007). "Family Guy Has Burnett Feeling Copyrighteous". E! Online. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
- ^ "Isla Fisher signs on for Shopaholic role". ABC News (Australia). 21 September 2007. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
- ^ "Fisher plans Hollywood sex revolution". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
- ^ "Two More Cast Members for Burke and Hare". Dreadcentral.com. 22 January 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ "Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher Wed". People. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ "Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen Wed". Showbiz.sky.com. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
- ^ "Isla Fisher and Sacha Baron Cohen's Secret, Six-Guest Wedding". People. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ "Isla Fisher, Sacha Baron Cohen Welcome a Baby". People. 19 October 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Baby Borat's Beverly Hills Outing". People. 22 November 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Revealed! Find Out The Name of Isla Fisher's Baby". Us Weekly. 10 March 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Isla Fisher says marriage with Sacha Baron Cohen is like 'winning the lottery'". hellomagazine.com. 30 October 2012.
- ^ Simpson, Richard; Weaver, Clair (4 March 2004). "I is marrying me Julie". Evening Standard (London). Retrieved 21 July 2011.
- ^ Hellard, Peta (3 September 2007). "Isla Fisher's pregnant pause". NEWS.com.au. Retrieved 18 February 2008.
- ^ Lipworth, Elaine (19 February 2009). "Fisher: I'm addicted to breastfeeding". Metro. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
- ^ "Bruno star set to wed Isla Fisher". Stuff.com. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
- ^ a b "Isla an Aussie at heart". Sunday Mail. 25 March 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2007.
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